News around Dhanbad

April 01, 2015 00:00:01 IST

Autos on leash from today

Dhanbad is set to implement stricter rules for autos from Wednesday in a bid to discipline the 16,000 three-wheelers that are identified with lawlessness and chaos on roads. On Tuesday, both the district police and the auto drivers' association were busy ...Autos on leash from today at "Dhanbad"

Team nixes measles claims

A health team visited Nabinagar in Dhanbad's Wasseypur on Tuesday and rejected reports of outbreak of measles after finding that eight persons of the locality were suffering from chicken pox. The team, led by medical officer-in-charge of Dhanbad community ...Team nixes measles claims at "Dhanbad"

Phone pangs for Dhanbad

Over 200 pairs of telephone cables were stolen from Hirapur yesterday night, leaving more than 400 landline subscribers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in the lurch. After complaints poured in, three teams of BSNL engineers visited the spot to replace ...Phone pangs for Dhanbad at "Dhanbad"

Auto dress code fiat

Dhanbad's auto drivers are expected to be a disciplined lot from next month with superintendent of police (SP) Rakesh Bansal reading the riot act to them, making it clear that they have to strictly abide by the dress code from April 1 besides following ...

Bollywood Box-Office Report Of The Week

This week will see the release of the Shadab Mirza directed BARKHAA and Karan Raj Kanwar's YAHAAN SABKI LAGI HAI. Both the mentioned films don't carry much hype and trade predicts that the audience will prefer to watch the older releases. Last week saw a ...

Jaitley sir, thank you for early Holi

ISM-Dhanbad campus on Saturday looked like it was celebrating Holi and World Cup all at once. As soon as Union finance minister Arun Jaitley announced the IIT tag for ISM in his Union Budget speech, cheers of jubilation rang out on the campus that is ...

School imparts a lesson on road

De Nobili School, Sijua, a minority cradle run by De Nobili Jealgora Society, has built a 2km road at Koradih in Baghmara, Dhanbad, setting an example for private firms that often fail to fulfil their corporate social responsibility. The 28ft-wide approach ...

Govt. to track public transport for safety

All modes of public transport including BPO cabs, school buses and vans, Gramin Seva vehicles, besides buses, taxis and auto rickshaws will be tracked and monitored by government agencies for safety of passengers, particularly women, across 32 ...

Tata Power's joint venture Maithon Power bags two out of three wins in a cricket tournament organised by the local community

Dhanbad: Maithon Power (MPL), a 74:26 joint venture between Tata Power and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), today announced that it won two cricket matches organised by the local community around Maithon Power Plant. Tata Power has always ...

Jail inmates go on hunger strike over fellow prisoner's death at Rims

DHANBAD: Protesting the death of a Giridih prisoner at Rajendra Institute of Medical College and Hospital (Rims), Ranchi on Monday evening, about 600-700 inmates of Giridih jail were on hunger strike on Thursday. The protestors termed the entire ...

MP vows to raise issue of PDIL catalyst

SINDRI : Dhanbad MP PN Singh said that he would raise the issue of reviving the Sindri-based Project and Development India Ltd (PDIL) catalyst with the chemicals and fertilizers minister, Ananth Kumar. Talking to the media after lengthy discussions ...

Jharkhand Christian schools targeted

file photo. Dhanbad: Officials of Christian schools in Jharkhand's Dhanbad say district officials accused them for faulting rules of Right to Education (RTE) Act, and threatened action without considering their rights as minority institutions. ...

Smriti snubs IITs on common counselling

New Delhi, March 25: Smriti Irani's human resource development ministry has told Delhi High Court that common counselling for admission into IITs and National Institutes of Technology would begin from the 2015-2016 academic session. Last week, ...

Now, ATM at post office

Construction of the ATM kiosk underway at the GPO in Bistupur on Wednesday. Picture by Bhola Prasad Postal services in Jharkhand have, finally, come of age. The GPO in Jamshedpur's Bistupur, as well as 12 other head post offices in the ...

Pollution lens on coal firms

The deputy commissioner of Dhanbad has read out the riot act on air pollution to coal majors in the district. Chairing a meeting of the district environment committee on Wednesday, Kripanand Jha categorically asked Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and ...

ADG-Op discusses plan for new SIT on Naxals

ion of Jharkhand Police Anil Palta sat with the senior police officials of all the seven districts of North Chotanagpur division at Hazaribagh. In this marathon meeting, discussions took place on the points to be included in the proposal of ...

Double-decker train may be scrapped

The country’s first air-conditioned double-decker train between Howrah and Dhanbad, which was flagged off in 2011, has come a cropper. Eastern Railway (ER), which went through a lot of trouble to accommodate the train, has now been forced to cancel it due ...

FM channels reserve price at ₹25 lakh-9.89 cr: TRAI

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its recommendations on the reserve price of FM Radio channels in 264 new cities ranging between ₹25 lakh and ₹9.89 crore. For the 11 border cities and a city in Lakshwadeep in Phase III, ...

Mercury torment this week

College girls beat the heat with ice lollies in Jamshedpur on Tuesday.Picture by Animesh Sengupta Jamshedpur, March 24: The Celsius showdown continued in Jharkhand with maximum temperatures crossing 37°C in the steel city and Daltonganj today ...

Bokaro banks on awareness

Health workers take out a rally against TB in Dhanbad on Tuesday. (Gautam Dey) A total of 2,381 fresh cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported in 2014 from various blocks of Bokaro, raising serious questions on health department's continuous ...